Wal-Mart Does The Right Thing!

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We did it!

A victory for Debbie!

Posted: Apr 1, 2008 at 10:27 pm / Email this »

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payyi says – reply to this

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Yahoo……good going Perez!
yay4perez says – reply to this

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yay!
js says – reply to this

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yaaaaaaay
Kati says – reply to this

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Yes!!! That's so exciting! I've been watching this and hoping for her.
lala says – reply to this

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first!
y says – reply to this

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YYAYY
chitchatcat says – reply to this

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first
steph says – reply to this

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1st!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
kelly says – reply to this

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YEYY!!!!
y says – reply to this

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yayy!
iza says – reply to this

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first! and ewww.
Paula says – reply to this

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Wow, way to go walmart way to do the right thing!
Lili says – reply to this

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I LOVE YOU, PEREZ HILTON!
mikey says – reply to this

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this is amazing!! i feel all warm inside and stuff…weired.
eii says – reply to this

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:(
Adriana says – reply to this

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First bitches!!!!!!
LM says – reply to this

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This is an example of:
negative attention leading to action on the part of a large, inhuman-seeming company that needs to seem human in the public eye. A good use of people-power and especially journalism, bringing this to light to force WalMart to respond.
One small small victory.
dll says – reply to this

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yay
Melissa G. says – reply to this

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Depending on the situation, Wlamart isn't always that bad. Well at least in Canada it isn't. I worked for them for 5 years, a few on cash and the rest in the vision centre(which actually isn't Walmart). They do a lot of things, like raising money and donating it all for charities and their surrounding communities.
klsfd says – reply to this

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yaay!
meg says – reply to this

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yay!
cdbdg says – reply to this

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1
Blah says – reply to this

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first! She's as ugly as Mariah!
Chrissyann says – reply to this

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what do you mean we??
TwoGoofballs says – reply to this

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YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
gfdgw says – reply to this

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4th
:) says – reply to this

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yay!
gwjw92 says – reply to this

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first first
juju says – reply to this

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we did it? whos we?
t says – reply to this

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first
eyayea. says – reply to this

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lkfFFFFIRST
yodl says – reply to this

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first?
Aunt B. says – reply to this

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Kudos to Perez for bringing this lady's fight with Wal Mart to the attention of so many. When a corporation is greedy enough to try and take $400,000 from an gravely injured former employee we should all stand up and say NO to that company, by not buying their goods. I am glad Wal Mart finally (after a great deal of bad P.R) did right by Debbie and her family. Score 1 point for the little guy!
bitch says – reply to this

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We?

You had absolutley nothing to do with it, but if it keeps up your fragile ego and self-confidence, go ahead and exploit a disabled woman's tragedy.
pppp says – reply to this

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FIRST !
haha says – reply to this

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fuck walmart first
Boooihi says – reply to this

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W00T!!
6'2" Angry Mexican says – reply to this

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It's about time they "did the right thing", but we all know they are just trying to save face..
josie says – reply to this

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so happy for her!
Staci says – reply to this

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Score!!! Thank you, she lives in a town over from us and this is wonderful news. Thanks Perez!!!!
Jon says – reply to this

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HOORAY!! Finally walmart does something right.
Colleen says – reply to this

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first
nadia says – reply to this

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yay!
panda says – reply to this

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first, this is amazing. i was hoping wal mart would do the right thing.
Meli says – reply to this

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so awesome!
chingona says – reply to this

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FIRST! I am so glad to hear Wal Mart did the right thing. I felt so bad for this lady and her family. On top of all this, she also lost a son in the war. Makes me count my blessings.
Julie says – reply to this

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Thank God. This is the best news I've heard in a while. The Shank family deserves every cent of that money, PLUS some for all of the aggrivation they had to go through.
kristy says – reply to this

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yayyy! it's about time they do something good.
Sara says – reply to this

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You didn't make anything happen-Keith Olbermann did.
sherri says – reply to this

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ok, perez, can you set up a fund we can donate to so this family can have help with the bills?
DWIGHT SCHRUTE says – reply to this

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WE did it?
you didnt do jack shit.
Ali says – reply to this

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THANK GOD!!! I've been so active with Wal-Mart Watch trying to get them to realize what they were doing to this poor woman, who freaking GAVE her son to this country!! This poor poor family. I'm so glad!! Thank you Perez for reporting on stuff that matters as well as the ever-entertaining celebrity gossip!! Yay!!!!!!!
kristy says – reply to this

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Re: bitch –

Yeah, it's definitely a "we did it" kind of moment.
In the article, a rep for Wal-Mart stated that other people helped them realize they needed to change the rules.
Where did those other people come from in the past .. i dont know, 3 days? .. if not from something as widely read as Perezhilton.com and its readers, including you?
Perez Fan says – reply to this

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YAY!

AWESOME PEREZITO! A GOOD CAUSE.

WE LOVE YOU PEREZ.

VIVA PEREZ
meg says – reply to this

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perez, i admire you for using your influence for good. had i not read your website, i wouldn't have known about this. getting this story out there by using this blog is wonderful, and i really really really respect you.

all the haters .. forget about them.
LeonA'$ Gho$T, yep, back and BETTER THAN EVER, biyatches! says – reply to this

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Wal-Mart is still a piece of shit. They only did this for the good publicity, not because it was the right thing to do.
amy says – reply to this

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I was deeply saddened by this story originally and this definitely made my night to hear that this family is getting what it deserves!!! …and people say perez is not a good site….well this is proof what a little publicity can do for a deserving family in need!!!
OPRAH says – reply to this

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KILL THIS BRAIN DAMAGED RETARD!
KILL THIS BRAIN DAMAGED RETARD!
KILL THIS BRAIN DAMAGED RETARD!
DON'T WASTE MONEY ON THIS LOST CAUSE!!!!!!!!!!
Whitney says – reply to this

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GREAT job, Perez
I love to see you doing such GOOD things with your site!!
JJ says – reply to this

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Yeah, you didn't do anything but post the article CNN had on THEIR site. If anyone did anything, it was CNN. Yeah, I read it here first, but CNN had it the same night on Anderson Cooper.

No one here did anything, so there is no "we".
Jess says – reply to this

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amazing
i am shocked.. but for the better
i hope the best of luck to the family and hope wal mart can see what the did should set a president for the future
Daryl says – reply to this

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Its a shame they didn't do the right thing to begin with….that's a start but there is A LOT of things Walmart needs to improve on. When Sam Walton started Walmart it was meant to be an affordable store for the working man….now, his kids have ruined the store and its a monster out-of-control. They want to tap into every market possible, dominate and then destroy the competition…..I support their competitors whenever possible.
JTL says – reply to this

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YEA PEREZ! It's nice to see you using your considerable powers of influence/persuasion for good instead of evil =)
Go Gators!! says – reply to this

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Re: Blah –

What the hell is wrong you?Looks have nothing to do with this, a lot of it probably has to do with the fact that she suffered brain damage in an accident. I'm really happy Wal-Mart decided not to collect the money.
Me says – reply to this

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Who cares? And you think it was all because of you. I am pretty sure Walmart is not afraid of Perez. To quote Tim Hardaway, I hate gay peoples
ESAGINA says – reply to this

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GOOD VERY HAPPY….PEREZ I JUST LEARNED THAT BRITNEY SPEARS IS RE-HIRING HER EX -MANAGER LARRY….VERY SAD I DID NOTTT LEARN IT FROM YOU BUUUU HUUUU
Poor MOm says – reply to this

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poor single mom needs your help please email frecklefaceluv@yahoo.com
Richard says – reply to this

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Perez, I don't think "We Did it"

I do agree that you are a huge media resource and that you have a tremendous amount of power, but I think that the mainstream news with its older demographic still has more power.

You didn't contribute to wallmart folding as much as the mainstream coverage. Sure some of your coverage added to the weight on wallmart's back, but it was a small amount when compared to the total.

Of course, I've taken my ambien for the evening, so I may not be making sense.

Love You though Perez
mimi in mo says – reply to this

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YES YES YES YES YES YES YES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm sooo very very happy to read that!!
Green Bean says – reply to this

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Thanks Perez. U stood up for the common people. Great stuff — GB.
Perez Is Racist says – reply to this

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You didn't do jack squat Perez. All you did was post a link to the article. Your little racist punk ass didn't do squat as you were not the only person on the internet to link to the article and I've seen much bigger call to action than you did on severeal websites that had well over 7000 signatures. Next time you do that, you can say "we" but for now, go post more racist crap.
Tracy says – reply to this

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So now that wal mart did the right thing how about now everyone fights for the lawyer to give her back her 500,000 dollars they took from her. If you want to lay blame you also have to blame the greedy lawyers that took more that half her money. Can't just blame one.
pam says – reply to this

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You didn't do anything. CNN and the major news outlets were the people to bring national attention to this story. I want to know why people aren't bashing the lawyers who you know took a rather large chunk of money from this woman. I want to know why people arent' hearing that she's getting medical assistance from the government. You are making Wal-Mart out to be the only bad guy but in reality it's the insurance company - not directly the store chain that faulted here.
jae.mae says – reply to this

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it's times like these where we realize that there is some good left in this world. great job perez!
Dwight SCHRUTE says – reply to this

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you didnt do jack shit.
you didnt do jack shit.
you didnt do jack shit.
you didnt do jack shit.
you didnt do jack shit.
you didnt do jack shit.
you didnt do jack shit.
you didnt do jack shit.
you didnt do jack shit.
you didnt do jack shit.
you didnt do jack shit.
you didnt do jack shit.
you didnt do jack shit.
Kris says – reply to this

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Finally a good deed by Walmart. Thanks Perez for following up on the story!
Nancy says – reply to this

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We did it ?? what did you do? This was extensively on the news here locally (STL) - on network tv - . but YOU DID IT?
wtf
ladyday says – reply to this

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Stop taking credit for something that you did not accomplish!!! Keith Olbermann brought this story to the nation's attention on MSNBC's Countdown last week. He has a lot more credibiity than a shallow, silly gossip columnist.
inenotine says – reply to this

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WOW! Amazing! I'm glad they did the right thing.
espino says – reply to this

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walmart was getting really bad publicity and that's what's got them to do the "right thing". Anyhow, I am very happy about the outcome and glad Perez is including social issues in his blog, good for you Perez!
aj says – reply to this

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big smile — big!

and yes, while Perez and his viewers didn't "do it," he certainly played a part in bringing much needed attention to this situation.
Allie says – reply to this

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Wahoo!!!!!!! This is so great! I love how the internet has the power connect people for the greater good!
julie says – reply to this

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Unfortunately, I'm not sure this is so happy-happy. I read that Wal-Mart DID take the remaining settlement money. She got the 400+ thousand settlement, and after medical expenses she paid while litigation was pending, had 200+thousand left. It looks like Wal-Mart DID take that. They then dropped efforts to get the rest. So they still are money grubbing and heartless. (Keith Olbermann did a rant about it on MSNBC.) Meanwhile, numerous Waltons are on the Forbes richest list with Billions!
Cesar says – reply to this

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Thank goodness!….All my heart goes out to the Shank family!
Dennnnnnnyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy says – reply to this

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Tnis makes me so happy!
mikey says – reply to this

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oh thank god!!! u did it perez. does this mean ur god????
robradharc says – reply to this

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Stop shopping at Walmart. Predators.
mega says – reply to this

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We can make a difference! Walmart NEVER would have done this without the public awareness and outcry.
Ladylaw says – reply to this

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So let me see if I understand this. If you get into a horrible accident caused by some random person, you have massive injuries that require hundreds of thousands of dollars of medical treatment, then your employer should be responsible for paying for that medical treatment even though you sue the person who caused the accident and recover cash to cover your medical treatment. HMMMM. Okay. Makes sense to me. Stick it to your boss. I get it.
Madeline says – reply to this

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Thank God!! It's The first good thing they have done. Keep it up Perez!!
Midge says – reply to this

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You didn't do it, Keith Olbermann did it! Watch tomorrow when he has the Husband on. KO is going for damages for the family!
eyrial says – reply to this

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Awesome. Power to the people. Definitely a cause that was worth taking up.
Megan says – reply to this

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Hey Perez. You rock. You really do! Thanks for helping this woman out.. such a sad story. The power of Perez!
well I still won't shop there says – reply to this

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I am glad that Wal-Mart is doing the right thing here but I still won't shop there and I urge my family and friends to stay out of their stores too. This is another example of them trying to get good P.R. just like their $4 perscription deal. its much cheaper for them to sell the $4 perscriptions than actually insure their workers. Wal-Mart you suck!
Joe Blow says – reply to this

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Great! This means higher prices at Wal-Mart as WE ALL PAY FOR THIS.
S says – reply to this

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Yes! this is such good news! The only way anything gets done is grassroots "activism!"
Mandi says – reply to this

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Definitely most excellent news!
Tiffany says – reply to this

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That is great. If only Wal-Mart (and everyone else in the world) would always do the right thing. Sadly, those similar situations that are not brought to our attention continue. I wish the best for her and her family.
whitney says – reply to this

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thats awesome perez. you rock my world
WLand says – reply to this

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This makes me SO happy. It's literally made my day. I heard about this a few weeks ago and it really broke my heart. We're all only people. even the bigheads at wal mart. So we should treat each other as such. She deserves this and so much more.

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